On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0700, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 05:41:02PM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Greg Smith <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > In general, through, diskchecker.pl is the more sensitive test. If it >> >> > fails, storage is unreliable for PostgreSQL, period. It's good that you've >> >> > followed up by confirming the real database corruption implied by that is >> >> > also visible. In general, though, that's not needed. Diskchecker says the >> >> > drive is bad, you're done--don't put a database on it. Doing the database >> >> > level tests is more for finding false positives: where diskchecker says the >> >> > drive is OK, but perhaps there is a filesystem problem that makes it >> >> > unreliable, one that it doesn't test for. >> >> >> >> Thanks. That's the conclusion we were coming to too, though all I've >> >> seen is lost transactions and not any other form of damage. >> >> >> >> > What SSD are you using? The Intel 320 and 710 series models are the only >> >> > SATA-connected drives still on the market I know of that pass a serious >> >> > test. The other good models are direct PCI-E storage units, like the >> >> > FusionIO drives. >> >> >> >> I don't have the specs to hand, but one of them is a Kingston drive. >> >> Our local supplier is out of 320 series drives, so we were looking for >> >> others; will check out the 710s. It's crazy that so few drives can >> >> actually be trusted. >> > >> > Yes. Welcome to our craziness! >> >> Is there a comprehensive list of drives that have been tested on the >> wiki somewhere? Our current choices seem to be the Intel 3xx series >> which STILL suffer from the "whoops I'm now an 8MB drive" bug and the >> very expensive SLC 7xx series Intel drives, the Hitachi Ultrastar >> SSD400M, and the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro. Any particular recommendations >> from those or other series from anyone would be greatly appreciated. > > No, I know of no official list. Greg Smith and I have tried to document > some of this on the wiki: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Reliable_Writes Well I may get a budget at work to do some testing so I'll update that list etc. This has been a good thread to get me motivated to get started. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
